The Osceola times., 1887-10-01
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

cash basis. Less goods have peeh so'u
there on credit this year and fewer mort
cages recorded than ever before.
People who have cotton TO hanl VIII 500"
be reminding road overseers oil tine ioiiow'
ing enactment passed by the last Le2s-
lature. II goes into effect on the 10Th INST
at shall bs the dnty OF each overseer OF
road districts to make report ana me 'no
the same with the clerk OF the county
Court, on or before the first day OF each
term Of the Circuit Court In ana Tor the
county in which he is such overseer, anu
IN which report he shall state the distance
embraced in his district, the number OF
hands subject to work the roads under his
control, the number of days worked, the
amount Of fines assessed for non perform
ance of duty, and the condition Of the road
and the condition Of all the bridges there
on, which report shall he sworn to by such
overseer."
Train-wrecker Kline is again reported TO
have been captured, and q man supposed
| to be him has been taken to Little Rock
and locked up.
A Dr. Warner played fine game with
the fair sex at Curtis recently. II appears
that he had courted three young ladies
and was to have been married to ell OF
them-or, at lea st, he had promised each
one to marry her on certain night-but
10 on that very night he stole fellows
wife and departed to unknown regions,
leaving there three virgins and the bereft
husband to weep bitter tears.
DIR. q. NJ. ID. Cantrell has filed with the
Secretary of State very lengthy quarter
ly report Of diseases and injuries treated
at the penitentiary, beginning May ~,
ending August 10, 1887.
Mr.. A. b. White, residing In the upper
portion Of Pulaski County, has sent to the
Exposition collection sample Of sorghum
that the superintendent pronounces the
best he ever saw. IL is clear, red aud
well favored. II certainly negatives the
belief that good syrup can not be made of
sorghum Juice.
A quarrel about business IN Duvall's
Bluff few bays ago between r. +. Rich
ardson, merchant, and c. G.. Cash, agent
of the Memphis & Little Rock railroad,
ended in Richardson procuring shot
gun and fatally shooting Cash, who was
unarmed, and trying to escape through
window. Afterward Richardson ran out
side and emptied the second barrel in
Cash's body, walked to his store and dis
appeared in the woods before an attempt
was made to arrest him.
The acting Governor, says the Little
Rock Democrat, makes IL very pleasant for
the newspaper reporter who calls at the
executive Office in search Of news. IL he
has nothing of pro bono pub'ico charac-
ter to impart he turns his easy chair
around and tells good anecdote. In fact,
Governor Barker seems to be an exact mt
for the executive chair, and he has hun
! dreds of friends in Arkansas who will one
| n a L,y fst. of fhafr
electoral right that he shall occupy it
about four years.
Here is a pretty story that comes from
Dardanelie, in Yell County: A little
three year-old child OF Allison Parton,
who resides up on Dutch creek, thirty five
miles from there, was lost one day last
week and stayed away from home all
night. lie was out hunting grapes with
his older brothers, and becoming separated
from them, they returned home without
him. The next morning, lady, who lived
; about five miles distant, left her house for
e Il short time, and upon her return found
' the child curled up In a bed fast asleep.
=. His clothes were considerably torn and
face and hands scratched. She had not
e heard of the child being lost, and was con-
j siderably surprised, not knowing whose II
q was. She called to man at work in the
I field and told him about the child. He
= had heard of the lost boy, and recognizing
= II as the lost one, promptly returned 1t to
Y its parents, who, with hundreds of friends,
= were securing the woods In every direc-
: tion.
Q While out driving at Texarkana a few
: DAYS since, the team Of Mrs. Preston be.
came frightened and ran away. Mrs
v Preston was thrown out, her head striking
c stump with terrible force and iniictinp
: Injuries which rendered her unconscious
b Her little grandchid, which she had in
the buggy with her, had its skull badly
i crushed, and was fatally injured. The
= recovery of Mrs. Preston was also con
8 sidered doubtful.
u b. II. Scott, Jr., son of ex-Governol
/. Scott Of this State reported to the Chica
@ go police a few days ago that he had beer
r. robbed OF -, 800 in notes and 500 in money
s. He had sold his interest in a business II
t. Kansas, and arrived at the fremont Hous'
L. on his way to Napoleon, .. That evening
Z. he went 70 the theater, and on returning
q 20 the hotel found that a pocket-book con
II tanning the notes and money, which h
had in his inside pocket, had been stolen
1t is supposed that his pocket was pickec
In the crowd as he was leaving the thea
ter.
y The journeymen tailors employed II
Little Rock, sixty or more in number
=. presented a bill to their bosses recent,
:, demanding an increase In wages Of al
a average of twenty five per cent, and qui
work at once. The bosses held meeting
- but did not see fit TO meet the demand
- The cutters think that the journeymeI
:, were receiving good wages. II is though
I. that the bosses will not meet the demand
:, but send for other men. In the meantime
i, work in all the shops is stopped, with al
of them full Of orders and new goods.
:. They have a COW ordinance in Fayette
Z vile, and they are enforcing ii.
10 The medal won at the American Pomo
Iogical Society Exhibition, held at Boston
IN Mass, recently, is another feather in Ar
" kansas well-hlled cap.
If The Arkansas chill is somewhat of
10 musician. He is not much Of vocalist
n. but il one Of the most scientific bone rat
TT tiers in America.
h A detective a few nights ago took l.
" Little Rock a man giving his name a
20 Hicks, whom he had arrested near Rus
1t selville, believing him to be Kline, tn
id train robber. But as Sheriff Worthen sus
10 pected, the man was not Kline. Some mel
is say Hicks looks something like Kline
"a while others say that he resembles hin
Id about as much as Governor Miller resem
ne bles Met l.. Jones. Hicks has been re
Or leased.
at The Little Rock COW must 20.
l. r. Hudson. the largest farmer |,